• Homepage
  • Poetry Awards
  • Literary Art Gallery
  • One-on-one Mentoring
  • Submission Services
  • Editing and Proofreading
  • Workshops
  • About Us
  • Contact

the poet's billow

~ a resource for moving poetry

Tag Archives: entertainment

2017 Bermuda Triangle Prize Winners and Finalists

16 Saturday Sep 2017

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

creative-writing, entertainment, literary publications, MFA, poem, Poetry, writers, Writing

Congratulations to our winners and finalists of the 2017 Bermuda Triangle Prize. This year’s judge Andrea England picked out wonderful poems on the theme of Revolution. Go give them a read.

Winner
Fran Markover – On the Fourth of July
Kurt Luchs – Winter Begins
Emily Rosello Mercurio – On the Conservation of Energy

Finalists
Emily Rosello Mercurio – Holocene
Alex Umlas – This Is an Alternative Poem
Alex Umlas – 2 am
Jen Karetnick – 23andMe Says My Body Is a Sanctuary City
Jen Karetnick – Mobility
Jennifer Reimer  – A Week After the Failed Military Coup
Laura Shovan – Baking Challah

The Poet’s Billow is also now welcoming submissions to the Atlantis Award: Deadline October 1st. If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.

Poetry Contest Submissions Welcome

27 Saturday Feb 2016

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

art, entertainment, poem, Poetry, politics, writers, Writing

The Poet’s Billow, an organization dedicated to increasing the exposure of poetry, is accepting submission for the Bermuda Triangle Prize – the deadline is March 15th.

The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets.

Current Theme: Running

Running for president, running down the street, running up the bar tab, we are open to interpretations on the theme. It is up to you how literal or abstract you would like to play on the chosen theme. 

We are open to interpretations on the theme. It is up to you how literal or abstract you would like to play on the chosen theme.

Each winning poem will receive $50, for a total cash prize of $150. The poems will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery. Up to five finalists will be considered for publication.

We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology.

Go to our website for the full guidelines: The Poet’s Billow Awards

Don’t forget you can follow The Poet’s Billow on Facebook and Twitter.

Poetry Submissions Welcome

08 Friday Jan 2016

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

entertainment, literature, poem, Poet, Poetry, reading poetry, writers, Writing

The Poet’s Billow is now accepting submission for the Bermuda Triangle Prize – the deadline is March 15th.

The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets.

Current Theme: Running 

Running for president, running down the street, running up the bar tab, we are open to interpretations on the theme. It is up to you how literal or abstract you would like to play on the chosen theme.

Each winning poem will receive $50, for a total cash prize of $150. The poems will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology.

Submit Early – Worried about submitting earlier and paying for an entry you will have to withdraw: we will allow you to replace withdrawn poems until the end of the reading period.

Go to our website for the full guidelines: The Poet’s Billow Awards

Don’t forget you can follow The Poet’s Billow on Facebook and Twitter.

Special Feature – Alaxander Stinton

16 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

entertainment, interview, literature, poem, Poetry, writers, Writing

The Poet’s Billow has a new Special Features page, and we are so proud to be highlighting Alex Stinton the recipient of the 2014 Sophie Kerr Award, the nation’s largest undergraduate literary award.

Alexander Stinton

Alexander Stinton: I think it was Joyce who remarked how Columbus made his name by being the last person to discover America. Something similar might be said of my undergraduate work. And work it was: those poems took a good deal of shaping and swearing and sleepless nights. I wanted to sound mature, I suppose, and––as an infant does with the voices of those around her––I absorbed and imitated as best I could the poets I was reading. Read more of this interview.

Joseph

On the night God’s seed lay fresh
in the somewhat swanlike
egg beneath Mary’s navel,

who was it
rustling for a bite to eat,
unleavened bread, some dates?

Whose hand went unmoved but
hopeful on the belly
as the other tapped the keys

of his cell phone:
“You’ll never believe. . . .” Continue Reading

Generator By Cindy St. Onge

10 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

entertainment, inspiration, Movie, Poet, Poetry, writers, Writing

“Generator” was originally published at The Poet’s Billow, in December 2013. It was selected as a runner up for the Atlantis Award. You can read the poem by following this link. The video is made by the author. More of Cindy’s work can be found on her website.

Announcing the 2015 Bermuda Triangle Prize Winners and Finalists

12 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Article, entertainment, poem, Poet, Poetry, reading poetry, writers, Writing

The Poet’s Billow is proud to showcase the poems of seven great poets who are our winners and finalists for the 2015 Bermuda Triangle Prize. This year’s poems where published under the theme of space.

Don’t forget you can follow The Poet’s Billow on Facebook and Twitter.

Winners:
Lisa St. John
Evelyn Conley
D. Ellis Phelps

Finalists:
Flower Conroy
Nikki Paley Cox
Libby Kurz
Marti Snell

Semi-Finalists:
Loretta Oleck
Douglas Cole
Ellie White
Karla Linn Merrifield
Bryn Homuth
Ed Coletti
Chris Dingman
Sara Wielenberg

Caitlin Scarano’s Poem “Praise” Finalist for Best of the Net Anthology

26 Thursday Mar 2015

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

entertainment, literature, poem, poems, Poetry, writers, Writing

Congratulations to Caitlin Scarano for having her poem “Praise” chosen as a finalist for the Best of the Net Anthology. “Praise” is the first poem in her series that won The Poet’s Billow Pangaea Prize.

Follow the link to read Caitlin’s wonderful collection of poems.

Don’t forget you can follow The Poet’s Billow on Facebook and Twitter.

How to Write a Poem by Campbell McGrath

07 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

entertainment, Internet, literature, poem, Poet, Poetry, writers, Writing

Announcing The Winner And Finalists Of The 2014 Pangaea Prize

31 Thursday Jul 2014

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Brittany Cagle, Culture, entertainment, poem, Poetry, Publishing, writers, Writing

Follow the links to read the poems of our winner and finalists.

Winner: Brittany Cagle
Runner-Up: Christina Clark

Finalists:
Alison Palmer
Kelly Scarff
Theodora Ziolkowski
Katharyn Machan
Myra Rasmussen

Semi-Finalists:
Sydney Justice
Karla Linn Merrifield
M.K. Brake
Claire Scott

More about the Pangaea Prize

Also, we are currently accepting submissions for the Atlantis Award.

For more announcements you can follow us on facebook.

Wipe That Smirk Off Your Poem

23 Wednesday Jul 2014

Posted by thepoetsbillow in Blog

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

contemporary poetry, Culture, entertainment, poem, Poet, Poetry, writers, Writing

“Why are there so many people who think poems are like pretty little locks to be teased open? Why is there a vast majority in this country that suspects poetry has nothing to do with the real world where a person must work, fight in a war or struggle to make do? I’d wager that it has to do with something that has gotten into a heap of contemporary poetry and deadened it, making it about as interesting and relevant to others as a dog yipping at its own shadow: Irony.” — Tracy K. Smith

This is a great little article from the New York Times: read the rest here.

Don’t forget you can follow us on facebook.

← Older posts

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • the poet's billow
    • Join 8,517 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • the poet's billow
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...